A very interesting series of photos by John Bauer. First photo shows the unit
operating, sans one engine and hood (the other engine was being overhauled).
That may be it's old PFE paint. Second photo shows it all put back together and
freshly repainted in one awful shade of blue. Third photo apparently in storage
on the ST&E in Stockton, looks like that blue paint didn't hold up too well!
Fourth photo shows it at Turlock, CA, owned by Chemurgic Agri-Chemical, painted
in classy WP-style silver, orange and black and lettered "Turlock Western".

According to John, there is a sign in the window of this unit that reads
"Owned and to be operated by the Pacific Locomotive Association NCRY"
. I'd love to see this unit restored to it's original SP black with orange tiger
stripes!

John Bauer photo

Granite Rock
GE 50-ton?

Aromas, CA
Nov. 5, 1981

John Bauer photo

Holly Sugar
EMC SW1 #1

Tracy, CA
April 8, 1990

Holly Sugar
EMC SW1 #1 (804, 2/39)

Tracy, CA
July 28, 2002

Still going strong after 63 years! Built in Februrary 1939 as
Electro-Motive Corp. demonstrator #804 (also it's EMC serial number), it was
sent to the the SP for evaluation, and tried at the SP's West Oakland Coach
Yard.
It was purchased by the SP that April, and renumbered SP 1000, becoming the
SP's first wholly-owned diesel electric locomotive (the earlier City of San
Francisco streamliners were jointly owned with the Union Pacific and Chicago &
North Western).

The 1000 remained in the Bay Area until after World War II, when the SP's SW1's
were all reassigned to Southern California. The 1000 returned north to the Bay
Area in the 1960's, when it was assigned to SP subsidiary Northwestern Pacific's
isolated trackage in Marin County.

In December 1967, it's services no longer required on the NWP due to abandonment
of the isolated trackage, it was sold to Holly Sugar for service at their plant
in Dyer (Santa Ana), CA, and was renumbered 1.

It was transferred north to the Tracy plant in March 1981. The Tracy plant no
longer processes raw sugar, but it does receive bulk sugar in covered hoppers
for packaging and distribution. These photos were taken on a Sunday morning, as
it moved empty covered hoppers out to the UP interchange under I-205.

Thanks to Joe Strapac for providing the history of this unit through
his SP Motive Power Reviews.

John Bauer photo

Holly Sugar
Alco S-6 no#

Woodland, CA
April 3, 1997

Kodachrome slide
from my collection

Kaiser Steel
"Eagle Mountain Railroad"
GE U30C #1031

Eagle Mountain, CA
Jan. 1975?

John Bauer photo

Leslie Salt

Newark?, CA
Oct. 1986

McCloud Railway
McCloud, CA

August 2004

My only trip to McCloud was a few minutes to take a few pictures one hot
Saturday
afternoon this summer. SD38's #36 and #37 along with derailedS-12 #30 were
sitting out in the sun, no sign of SD38 #38. I took quite a few pics that
afternoon, but due to a roll of film getting lost in the mini-van's center
console (since found), I haven't got all the pics processed yet.

(top) S-12 #30 sits with its' rear truck pushed off the end of the track. I
understand it has been sitting like this for some time. This wanderer was
originally
McCloud River #30, then ended up on the Rayonier's logging line out of Forks, WA
as their #203. After that line shut down it ended up working for US Steel in
Pittsburg, CA as their #16 before returning to McCloud. Note that even though it
is rostered as McCloud Railway #30, it has the number 16 steciled on the side,
and still carries number 203 in the hood side number board! See Jeff Moore's
McCloud Rails
website for detailed history on this unit.

(middle) SD38 #37 with #36. I sure liked the look of the original red and white
scheme, especially with the original small fuel tank (see pic below), but this
look has grown on me, especially since they've gotten a little weathered.

(bottom two) Shorty caboose #102, one of two (the other was #101) purchased new
by the McCloud River from International in 1962.

Note the very small fuel tank. When the McCloud began
leasing out their locomotives in the late 1970's they retrofitted the small
fuel tanks on SD38's #36-37 with larger fuel tanks to increase their range.

The Parr Terminal RR (reporting marks PRT) is a switching railroad in Richmond,
CA. It was incorporated in July 1950 to take over operations of the Parr-Richmond
Industrial Corporation's private railroad. It is owned by Levin-Richmond Terminal
Corp.

As of March 1986, the line rostered the following locomotives:

No.

Builder

Model

Serial

Built

Notes

1

Plymouth

WLG

3227

5/29

Four-wheel, gasoline engine, mechanical transmission

2

Alco

S-2

75650

1/48

Ex-Santa Fe

3

Plymouth

ML8

4499

6/43

Six-wheel, diesel engine, mechanical transmission

In October 1988, I found and photographed the following locomotives on the
property: Plymouths #3, ex-SP SW900E #1198, ex-SP NW2E's#1312and #1335, and
ex-SP SW1200 #2285.

The Plymouth and the two NW2E's appeared to be intact and operable, SW1200 #2285
was in service, but the SW900E was derelict and probably never saw service
again.

An excellent article on the Parr Terminal RR by Sean Zwagerman was published in
the May 1996 issue of
Pacific RailNews
. The article reports that the Parr Terminal had (at the time) three
locomotives:
SW900E #1195, NW2E #1335, and SW1200 #2285, all ex-Southern Pacific units
purchased from on-line scrap yard Sims/LMC Recyclers. The article includes photos
dated Feb. 1, 1996, showing #1195 at work, and painted in a white, medium
blue, and gray paint scheme. There is no mention of SW900 #1198 and NW2E#1312
that I photographed, and I don't recall having seen the #1195 around.

Note it still carries it's last UP road number (B4316) in the numberboards. This
unit appears to be a de-turbocharged SD40-2, note what appears to be a GP/SD38-2
style paper air filter box atop the hood, this would also be confirmed by the
horsepower-based 2000-series road number.

Western Farm Services operates the six mile long former Santa Fe Alpaugh Branch

John Bauer photo

Yreka Western

Yreka, CA
1985 or 1986

Jeff Moore photos

Yreka Western
EMD SW8 #21

Yreka, CA
1996

Photographer unknown
My collection

Yreka Western
EMD SW8 #602 (17230, 7/52)

Montague, CA
August 1963

Originally Bamberger RR (Utah) #602
Acquired by Yreka Western in 1958, same#
Transferred M/78 to Oregon Pacific & Eastern (both roads owned at the time by Kyle Railways)
Sold in 1994 to Mollala Western Ry (OR), same#
Mollala Western merged into Oregon Pacific RR in 1997, same#
In service on Oregon Pacific

I would like to thank John Bauer, Brian R. Curnow, Ed Gibson, and Peter J. Vincent, and Jeff Moore for contributing and/or allowing me to use their photos on this page.

The images on this page are used here with permission of the owners. Please do not reproduce, publish, or otherwise distribute these images.